The ups and downs of Australian air traffic control
Activities
NASA, USA
LineUp with math – students apply proportional reasoning to make decisions about air traffic control problems involving two or more planes using an online air traffic control simulator.
TryEngineering, USA
Engineering air traffic – students work in teams on a virtual air traffic system, and plan to bring three planes through the airspace.
Texas A & M University, USA
Use and interpretation of radar – an on-line tutorial which discusses the basic principle of operation of weather radars, describes how to interpret radar mosaics and discusses the use of radar in weather forecasting.
Newton's Apple, USA
Jumbo jets – demonstrating Bernoulli's principle
Page updated June 2010.